GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth
The meaning of the word potential is expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cascade | small waterfall |
| integrate | make whole; combine; make into one unit |
| flounder | struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion |
| writhe | twist in coils; contort in pain |
| anodyne | drug that relieves pain or trouble; ΑψΕλΑ¦; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement |
| forebears | ancestors |
| icon | religious image; idol; image or representation |
| quagmire | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| opalescent | iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence |
| insubordination | disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate |